I think at this point, Magic fans have to accept the fact that the game is going to include large numbers of outside IPs. It’s completely possible for me to sit down at Commander night at my LGS with my once-novel Princess Twilight Sparkle deck...
Read moreLord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is upon us, and I can’t wait to open those packs, be it draft, set, or collector boosters. WotC has another hit on their hands, both in gameplay and financially. Today I’m focusing on the money aspect.
Read moreI think Tales of Middle-earth will be a sleeper Commander powerhouse like Battle for Baldur’s Gate was. It’s a little less raw power than people might have hoped, but there are some sweet cards in here.
Read moreLet’s explore the absolute cream of the crop, the best cards that the Streets of New Capenna set offers. From sneaky rogues to powerful planeswalkers, I’ll highlight the cards that make your opponents gasp in awe and frustration. Buckle up, and...
Read moreI hope you’re having a good day and that nothing, er, “runes” it.
Read moreThe color pie is influenced both by the game’s lore and its mechanics. Each color represents a certain ideology, which is why some characters are aligned to a specific color of mana. More importantly for our purposes, each color also has certain...
Read moreIkoria was when Commander products made the transition to what we now expect: a set of precons tied to premier set releases. The immediately preceding sets had planeswalker and brawl decks, but Ikoria shifted the Commander landscape to this day...
Read moreGather round once again, friends, and let’s tell the tale of an ancient, initially incomplete cycle of cards.
Read moreMTG has tons of ways to remove a card from the field. You can bounce it back to its owner’s hand, destroy it, exile it, or even wrath the whole board away. But what about removing actual text from a card? It sounds like a design idea from...
Read moreThere are always multiple angles to examine in a new Magic set. There’s the gameplay aspect, there’s all the new lore that is introduced to Magic’s story, and of course, there’s the financial side.
Read moreImagine all your friends are planeswalkers, and your deck of MTG cards represents the spells you can cast. It’s valid to think that in each plane the rules of engagement are different, right?
Read moreThanks to the reprint of plane cards in March of the Machine Commander, plane cards and the Planechase format have been given a lot of attention lately. Planechase is a MTG variant introduced in 2009, with special phenomenon cards that were added...
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